Background
Keown, William Hamilton was born on December 24, 1914 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Robert McArdle and Frances (Burnham) Keown.
Keown, William Hamilton was born on December 24, 1914 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Robert McArdle and Frances (Burnham) Keown.
Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1936, Master of Business Administration, 1947, Doctor of Philosophy, 1954.
Assistant executive Four Lakes council Boy Scouts American, Madison, Wisconsin, 1936-1938, executive State Lincolnshire council, Beloit, 1938-1941. Instructor commerce University of Wisconsin, 1947-1948. Director industrial relations Railway Company, Louisville, 1948-1949.
Member of faculty U. Oklahoma, Norman, from 1949, assistant professor, then associate professor, 1949-1956, David Ross Boyd professor business management, from 1958, department chairman business management, 1953-1959.
Served from private to captain, Army of the United States, 1941-1946. Member Academy Management, American Economics Association, Industrial Relations Research Association, American Association University Professors, American Academy Political and Social Science, Southwestern Management Association.
Married Elizabeth Belle Seward, July 7, 1943. Children: Allan Hamilton, David Wortham.